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Following Your Artistic Passion...and When To Give Up The Dream
Getting that dream publishing contract. Finally signing with a record label. Landing a leading role in a major motion picture. When it comes to the arts, accomplishing any of these things is considered the Holy Grail. Making a living in the arts is often seen as a completely unrealistic expectation, but that doesn't stop people from hoping...and dreaming.
Despite all the stories about the "starving artist", people still dare to hope and dream. If you're like me, and you can't imagine not creating art in the particular way you enjoy expressing it, then you're likely to ignore all the naysayers and try to make your dream a reality.
But when do you know when to call it quits? How long should you pursue your career in the arts--perhaps forgoing a "real" job--before you say enough is enough?
Thankfully, on a personal level, I don't have to wonder. I have made my dream of becoming a published novelist a reality. Sure, the dreaming doesn't stop...I'd love to have a movie or TV series made of my work; I'd love to sell more books; I'd love to be a New York Times bestselling author with the success of Nora Roberts. But I'm absolutely grateful to be able to make a living doing what I love. I'm one of those people who knew from the time I was a young child that I wanted to be a writer. I did everything creative--writing, acting, music, drawing. But my first love was always telling stories. So to be able to write and make a living doing it, I know that I'm one of the lucky ones.
And that's where the arts gets tricky. So often, people may have great talent--but luck plays a huge role in artistic careers. Some people get the kind of exposure that others never get. Some first-time authors get huge contracts right out of the gate, while others may toil away for 20 years and never see that kind of cash. I find that people either have one of two impressions--that you're either incredibly wealthy once you get that elusive publishing contract or role in a movie, or that you will never make a decent living. And both of these thoughts often impact people in terms of whether or not they choose to pursue a career in the arts. For example, some people may hope to become an actor not necessarily because they love the art of acting, but because they see that the paycheck the successful actors get is so huge. The same goes for music. And it definitely goes for writing novels as well.
In fact, it can be argued that where music, visual arts, dance, and movies are concerned, people will be more likely to acknowledge that they don't have what it takes to succeed. But writing... ah, writing. We can all do it, can't we? And if we can all do it--and you also enjoy telling stories--then doesn't it stand to reason that anyone can write a book?
I'll admit, that very question caused me to feel somewhat frustrated in the last few months because I was getting so many e-mails from aspiring writers hoping for some tidbits of advice from me that would help them land a publishing contract. When I was starting out, I researched the market extensively. I wasn't able to e-mail authors for advice, but perhaps I would have. Though the truth is, there is no advice anyone can give you that will help you sell. People can give advice about publishers, conferences, contests. But no one can tell you the "magic" answer that will lead to you selling a book.
Ultimately, I knew in my heart that I had what it took to become a writer. And it was that belief that fueled my research, to learn more about the market and who was buying and where best I might make a sale. I had vowed to never give up until I succeeded. But some of the people e-mailing me and sending me snippets of their work had me questioning my own philosophy: to never give up on your dream. Suddenly, I was beginning to think that a lot of people weren't necessarily seeing their own talent for writing and storytelling as the catalyst for their desire to be published, but rather a sense that anyone can write a book. I even had a friend of mine say, "You're so successful with writing books and having so much fun, I think I should try to write books too."
Now, this is exactly the kind of thing that irks me. Some people just don't get what it really takes to be an artist. And it's not about the life you get to live when you get that publishing contract, or that record deal--it's about the life you would live if you couldn't make your living as an artist. For me, it's simple and it always was. Even if I never got a dime for my words, I would still be writing stories. Characters fill my head. I've been writing since I could hold a pencil, and not getting a publishing contract wouldn't stop that. But for the person who isn't really an artist and is simply hoping for what they might see as an "easy" career, they won't be scribbling stories or drawing pictures if they're not getting paid for it. Their life is not fueled by their art.
So, back to my question: when do you know that you should call it quits? I was certain about this at one point fairly recently. That, for example, if you had spent 10 years trying to get published without success, perhaps you should give it up. And then I went to Heather Graham's WRITERS FOR NEW ORLEANS conference and heard Joe Konrath speak.
Now, Joe has been a friend of mine for years, but I never knew his path to publishing in detail. It took him over 10 years and lots of heartbreaks before he got his first publishing deal. When I heard him talk about how he would finish one book, send it out, get great feedback from agents, and still not sell, I thought, "Wow, how does someone in that situation not give up?" It had to have been excruciatingly tough for him at times. Perhaps 99 other people would have given up were they in his shoes. But not Joe.
And it became clear to me that he didn't give up for the same reason that I know I would still be scribbling a story even if I wasn't selling it. He knew. He knew that he had what it took to become a published writer. Despite the odds, despite his own turbulent road to publication, he knew. And here is the ultimate blessing that comes from following your passion--at least in Joe's case. They say follow your passion and the money will follow...well, that definitely is true. All those books that Joe wrote that never sold to a major publisher, he is now selling directly to Kindle. Because of the surging popularity of e-books, Joe is now making so much money with his Kindle sales that he says he won't sell another book to a New York publisher. He is finally reaping the rewards for his patience and diligence in a way he never would have conceptualized when those very books were being rejected over and over again. It is certainly the happy ending we all would wish for.
So who am I--or who is anyone else--to keep you from realizing your dream? If you believe in your heart...know it in your soul... that you were meant to be an artist, and if you have the patience and diligence required to see your dream become a reality, then don't let anyone stop you. Don't let the years discourage you. Do what you can to better yourself and your craft, and never give up.
Because dreams do come true. If you work at them.
Until next time, keep believing!


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Polls close as New Zealand awaits result of closely fought election
Polls have closed in New Zealand's national elections amid what looks like a close race between the conservative prime minister and his liberal challenger.
Early results suggest incumbent Bill English's National Party is a little ahead of Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party.
Under New Zealand's proportional voting system, large parties typically have to form alliances with smaller parties in order to govern.
That means there is a chance there will be no clear winner on election night, and parties may bargain over the coming days or weeks to form a coalition.
Ms Ardern, 37, has enjoyed a remarkable surge in popularity since taking over as opposition leader last month.
Mr English, 55, has highlighted his experience and promised tax cuts.
With a little over one-third of the vote counted, the National Party was winning 46% of the vote and the Labour Party 36%. The New Zealand First Party had 7% and the Green Party 6%.
Ms Ardern has enjoyed a remarkable surge in popularity since taking over and was greeted like a rock star at large rallies during the campaign.
Mr English ran a more low-key campaign, highlighting his experience and the economic growth the country has enjoyed over recent years.
Opinion polls indicate there was a swing back to him in the waning days of the campaign after Ms Ardern had the early momentum.
Voting ended at 7pm local time on Saturday. Figures released by election authorities showed that a record 1.2 million people chose to cast their votes before election day.
That equates to about half of all the votes that were likely to be cast in the nation of just under five million people.
Election authorities made it easier for people to cast early votes, which they were able to do at certain polling stations up to two weeks before the election.
It also means that New Zealanders might find out the results more quickly, because early votes were counted before the polls closed.
On his campaign bus this week, Mr English said Ms Ardern had taken the nation by surprise.
"It tests your faith in your product and your faith in your approach," he said.
Mr English said the polls had been volatile and small changes could have a big effect on the outcome.
"People have been changing their views very quickly, and I think the polls have reflected that," he said. "You've really taken what normally takes two to three years in a political cycle and telescoped it into six weeks."
Ms Ardern laughed when asked if she ever expected to do as well as she has so far.
"You know what, I really didn't have any time to set any expectations," she said. "It was just hit the ground running, and run a campaign that was good enough to win."
At stake for both candidates is how to capitalise on New Zealand's growing economy.
Mr English said people should stay the course after his government set the country on a path toward increasing prosperity.
Ms Ardern said she wants to build thousands of affordable homes to combat runaway house prices, spend more money on health care and education, and clean up polluted waterways.
Mr English said he thinks the televised debates between the two candidates helped swing the momentum his way, as people focused more on the issues and how policy changes would affect them.
But his opponent accused him of scaremongering over her plans for taxes and the economy.
"Certainly it's been somewhat frustrating dealing with their negative campaign," Ms Ardern said. "But, from what I've seen, this is an election that's going to come down to turnout."
Ardern is hoping that if younger voters turn out in big numbers, it could help swing the election her way.
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PERMISSION: Only Account Owners and Admins are allowed to archive a vehicle.
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GREENWICH, Conn. -- Greenwich Hospital's recent "Sailing into Survivorship" celebration brought together nearly 130 former patients, volunteers and oncology staff to pay tribute to cancer survivors from throughout the area.
Norman Roth, president of the hospital, noted that 15.5 million Americans are now cancer survivors.
"We are doing a much better job of treating cancer and turning cancer into a chronic illness," he said.
In addition to celebrating survivors, members of the hospital were also honored for their contributions to the fight against cancer during the event.
Barbara Ward, medical director of the Breast Center, presented the Greenwich Hospital Breast Center Award to the entire radiation oncology staff in recognition of the care they provide to patients every day.
"Not only do our patients feel well cared for by our radiation oncology staff, but this team has modernized our treatment regimen to go beyond what is considered state-of-the-art with treatment options such as stereotactic radiation therapy and intra-operative radiation therapy," she said.
Another of the celebration's honorees, Paul Waters, a thoracic surgeon, received the 2016 Oncology Service Line Award for his efforts to enhance the hospital's oncology services.
Waters' contributions have included the introduction of new technology such as the EBUS bronchoscope to perform minimally invasive biopsies, and expertise in robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery using the da Vinci system.
He also chairs the institutional review board that oversees clinical research, the oncology quality council and several other committees.
Along with the presentations, the survivorship event featured information about resources available at the hospital and numerous partners in cancer care, including the Yale Cancer Genetic Counseling Program, the American Cancer Society, the Good Dog Foundation, CancerCare and Healing Touch.
"This is a celebration of the journeys we have taken together," said Dickerman Hollister, a medical oncologist and presenter at the event. "Every year, this group gets bigger and healthier."
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Amadeo Luciano LORENZATO
Belo Horizonte, 1 January 1900 - 1995 was an Italo-Brazilian painter and sculptor.
He is considered one of the most important personalities of the visual arts in the state of Minas Gerais.
He was a scaffold builder, a poultry farmer, a painter of walls, and a plastic artist. In 1925, he went to the Royal Academy of Art at the Olympic Gallery, in Vicenza, Italy. He started to have exhibitions in the middle of the 1960s. He also participated in the Young Room, at Minas Tênis Clube in Belo Horizonte (1965); the Third Bratislava Triennial Exhibition in Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) in 1973; the Petit Palais Exhibition in Paris (1975); the Instinct Art and Popular Creativity Event organised by the Brazilian Ministry for Education and Culture – MEC, in Rio de Janeiro (late 1970s); the 1st Visual Arts Event of the Clóvis Salgado Foundation, in Palace of Arts, in Belo Horizonte (1984) and the Popular Art Event of the Ministry for Education and Culture, Rio de Janeiro (1984).


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Forestry and climate change: case studies
The movement of timber within Wales has been carried out by road for several years partly because of the lack of a rail infrastructure and suitable train service, but also because the economical minimum distance has been regarded as 150 to 200 miles. The landscape in Wales has therefore not been suitable. However, Forestry Commission Wales discovered a new freight train – the FMU (freight multiple unit) – with much lower running costs meaning that distances of around 100 miles should become economic.
We decided to look at whether the concept of using freight trains to transport timber would be a workable alternative to road haulage. Together with the Wales Timber Transport Forum, Network Rail and Kronospan Ltd, the UK's leading manufacturer of high quality wood-based panels, we set about running a trial here in Aberystwyth.
For six weeks, we took trees by rail from Aberystwyth to the Kronospan mill 75 miles away in Chirk near Wrexham. Each train carried 200 tonnes of timber – the equivalent of eight lorry-loads – and made five trips each week. If this was carried out over a five-year period it would remove some 16 millions tonne kilometres of timber traffic – 4000 lorry loads of timber – from Welsh roads every year.
During the trial we were conscious that in a town with a busy passenger rail network, we did not want to cause any disruption to day-to-day travel. The FMU is able to accelerate rapidly to 75mph which is much faster than a conventional freight train, so by slotting in behind the Sprinter passenger trains leaving Aberystwyth, we were able to ensure that the single line Cambrian Line did not get blocked. The other benefit of this type of train, particularly on a railway made up of single line tracks, is that it has an engine at either end which means they don't have to be turned around.
The future
Although transporting timber in Wales by train still requires some further investment with regard to rail infrastructure, railheads and loading facilities, the trial carried out in Aberystwyth proved that the concept works and has provided the impetus for private companies to develop the use of rail for timber transport in other parts of the UK.
As well as easing the pressure on the road infrastructure, taking timber traffic off the road will give rise to significant environmental benefits, reducing pollution from diesel fumes which will lead to a reduction in greenhouse gases.
Case studies
Protecting Woodlands
Alternative Energy
Wood for building
- Bridge over Achray Water
- Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre
- Dalby Visitor Centre
- Gaining added value for timber
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Monday's explosive Castle puts Detective Kate Beckett in serious danger, but is her biggest threat a visiting agent from the FBI?
Check out photos of the Castle castWhen a serial killer begins leaving notes at crime scenes for Nikki Heat — the fictional detective Castle (Nathan Fillion ) based on Beckett (Stana Katic) in his new book — the FBI's Jordan Shaw (guest star Dana Delany) shows up in New York."She comes along and basically sweeps that case out of Beckett's hands," Katic tells TVGuide.com. "That's kind of strange for Beckett to deal with. She's used to being the one in charge of any case."Shaw and her team show up with loads of technology, and the shiny new toys catch Castle's eye. Though Shaw initially dismisses Castle, she soon learns his value. "At first she thinks he's just this puppy dog following Beckett around, but then she realizes he does have a brain too," Delany says.
Queen of Castle, Stana Katic, reveals Beckett's softer sideThe episode serves as a reunion for Delany and Fillion, who played lovers in the short-lived Fox series Pasadena, and husband and wife on Desperate Housewives. The duo's chemistry translates to nice conflict: Impressed by Shaw's résumé and commanding presence in the precinct, Castle tells Beckett that Shaw is the "FBI you," causing a little bit of jealousy.But Delany thinks Shaw represents far more to Beckett than a nemesis. "I think Jordan Shaw serves as kind of a ghost of Christmas future for Beckett," Delany says. "She sees you can be kick-ass in your job and also be married and have a child — you don't have to give up romance just to do your job."Indeed, Castle and Beckett's back-and-forth romantic tension is turned up a notch when Castle spends the night at Beckett's apartment — to protect her, of course. But Delany thinks the sleepover may lead to something less innocent.


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TT#1: The Never Haves
Thoughtful Thursday #1
Here we go, Fam… This song is called 'The Never Haves' by Foreknown. It will challenge your perspective on how you view what you have and don't have through a unique lens.
Listen it through and share any thoughts and reflections in the comments section.
This is gonna be a fun summer doing this with y'all. Thanks for joining me.
Oh… And if you're wondering what Thoughtful Thursdays is all about, check THIS out.


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At Websposure we place greater value in our relationship with clients then the single projects we may win. Below you will see Testimonials from clients ranging from Startup to large multinationals like Samsung. Whether it's someone who has never had any experience of technology or whether it's a CTO from a large organisation we will hold your hand and take you through the entire process without you ever feeling overwhelmed.
We hope these Testimonials instill the confidence in you no matter what your needs – price, quality, time, technology partner.
What do our Customers saying about us?
Websposure Ltd created a superb website for one of our clients. They provided a very high-level service with smooth communication and they were very efficient. All the web processes set up were affordable and of the highest quality.
Mediavantage //Aahuti Mistry // CEO
Websposure helped with the setting up of my company web site and email a few years ago and since then everything has worked very well indeed. They have always been very helpful and knowledgeable whenever we had any question or problem. So for the above reason I would certainly recommend Websposure to everyone as what's why I rate it as one of the best companies in their area.
Datarex // Fulvio Angelleli // Director
Tejas and his team deliver a value for money, professional web design service. Their customer service is outstanding, with no small detail or modification being too much trouble. I have used Websposure for a number of web design projects and would thoroughly recommend them.
Sejuiced // Sylvia Garvin // Director
Thank you to Tejas and his team for having created the most wonderful website of my work. I am very happy with it. The finished product was exactly how I had wanted it to be. I have found Tejas and his team at Websposure to be nothing but professional and competent. I have been taught the simple process of updating my website and am hoping to be able to update it. The team at Websposure are incredibly patient. I am not a natural with computers and everyone is helping me to achieve my dream with my website. Thank you to Tejas and Websposure and I look forward to continuing our work relationship.
Lynda Spiro // Director
Websposure is definitely a company I would recommend. I have engaged several projects with them and each one has been delivered in time and in budget. Their team has been able to tackle anything I have thrown at them with professionalism and a true focus on my customer's needs. If you want value for money and a genuine high-quality result, then use Websposure.
Hedjam // Ian Lowe // Director
" Harrow Council launched Help2Let as the first Social Letting Agency in London. We match private landlords with families in housing need and have placed nearly 400 families with landlords in the private sector. We wanted a website that conveyed to landlords that Help2Let give a quick, simple and efficient service with no unnecessary bureaucracy. We wanted a website which was functional and easy to manage from the admin panel. From the start Websposure understood our requirements and gave us invaluable help, advice and ideas on how we could convey our message to landlords. They were always available to meet with us and talk through any difficulties or challenges we were experiencing. They have always and continue to be available to assist us and inject new ideas in to how we can improve the site. We are extremely pleased with our Website and have received very favourable responses from our associates and customers. I am happy to recommend Websposure as we have found them to be extremely supportive, capable and reliable. We know that Websposure are always only an email or phone call away. "
Help2Let // Harrow Council // Marie O'Shea // Manager
Websposure didn't just build us a website, they helped create a brand and provided impartial business advise on web presence and marketing. Their helpful and friendly staff were very knowledgeable, knew exactly what we required and made us feel completely assured.
Filtrosol // Ankush Gami // MD
Easy to work with, professional, prompt and always deliver. I would recommend them thoroughly. Akbar Lakhani. Cavendish Banqueting.
Cavendish Banqueting // Akbar Lakhani // Manager
Our experience of dealing with Websposure has been very good. In my view they are resourceful, professional and dediciated to their clients and their projects. I would recommend them and use them again.
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We commissioned Websposure to create our new school-website with a certain image in mind. They took this brief and successfully created a design which reflected our vision and ethos. Our requirements were a child friendly School website that would appeal to young learners, however we did not want something too gherish or immature. Websposure took these elements and created a clean, fresh, uncluttered, vibrant look which was also visually exciting and easy to use. The management system used to upload content is very easy to navigate and documents, photo albums and text can be uploaded in a matter of minutes. You would only need the basic IT skills to create exciting web pages and content on our site. This is really useful in a busy school where getting important information out quickly is key to building a strong ethos of partnership. It has not been necessary to spend a long time training our admin staff how to upload content, instead the system is intuitive and simple. The structure of the site allows you to have as little or as much content as you like without there being any empty boxesto fill. This has meant we have been able to start with a small amount of content and grow with the flexibility to add sections easily when needed. Websposure has been able to incorporate Links to our Learning Platform and features for our community to sign up and send enquiries. We are hoping that these facilities will enable us to become a greener school without having to send out so much correspondence. Parents, governors, staff and children have all commented on the high quality of our sites design and navigation features. In designing our brief Websposure were adaptable, offering a high quality of personal service. Their help and support line has been invaluable when adding content or dealing with any initial adjustments to be made. I would recommend Websposure to any school or institution for their ability to provide a site matched to individual requirements.
Medway Primary School // James McCormack // Deputy
We worked with Websposure Ltd on re-designing our site, i found the staff really helpful. if i occurred a problem it was resolved almost instantly. communication was excellent.
David Sampson // Director
I've worked with Websposure on four, soon to be five projects for UK and International clients and always found the team to be exceptionally diligent and professional. Having previously used much larger agencies I found Websposure's analytical approach and entrepreneurial desire to understand our strategy augmented our brief and enabled me to produce more effective results. If like me, you're not an expert in developing your online strategy but you know that an effective online presence makes a significant contribution to your business try Websposure.
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The project we contracted websposure for was for a redesign of our website with a backend system that runs a complicated automated platform. The advice and input from the team was exceptional. they thought about every aspect of the solution, from design, look and feel and functionality, for both us and more importantly for the end user. They stuck to their schedule and bent over backwards through all our requests. The site was completed last year and since we have contracted websposure to carry out further microsites for us and to carry out our Search Engine Optimisation, from which we are seeing excellent results (on page one for all our keywords). I cannot recommend them highly enough.
Xara Computers // Muzahir Kapasi // Director
James Lakeland Ltd is very pleased with the quality of service Websposure provides and the excellent re-design of our new website. We sincerely appreciate the responsiveness and the way business has been conducted. We have recommended Websposure to others because of our satisfaction with the service provided.
James Lakeland // Patricia Casal // Marketing Manager
We have been working with Websposure for several years. They have been instrumental in developing a web interface from scratch for an integral part of our business. It was a complex requirement and websposure worked very closely with us to ensure they delievered the product that we wanted and turned our ideas into a viable web solution. Their customer service is excellent with very fast respnse times. We continue to work with them as our product develops. I would recommend Websposure for your web site development needs.
Osborne Richardson // Paul Gold // Director
Websposure built a new website and also redevelop an existing one. The service and quality provided was excellent and still excellent. I recommend them to any one who wants to develop or built a new website. Linda Effah- Apex Trust
Linda Effah // Apex Trust // Manager
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In My Arrogance
I love to listen to talk radio, especially when I'm driving. Not the talk shows that get you worked up and anxious, but the shows that teach something and inspire one to be better are worth my time. I've written … Continue reading
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"Everything I am, everything I long to be, I lay it down at your feet." This is the first line of the song "Lay It Down" by Matt Maher. It's one of my favorites. But when I sing and pray … Continue reading
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This is model is very super and it is easy to handle. so if u send it as free sample it will be very nice for me
I think that this is a great phone even without a memory stick. For all of you who wants a phone with memory stick, go find another phone. You may not know, but a lot of people doesn't care if there's no memory stick. Plus, the guys at SE knows better than you about phones with technology. Bottom line is that if you hate this phone because there's no memory stick, don't post your comment here. A lot of guys have done that.
This is the way a phone should look like.So clean and simple, PERFECT.I've read a lot of opinions about many phones here...why everyone is expecting every phone to unite the latest technologies on earth.Snap out of it, everything has its concept.This here is no Microwave or Chainsaw, it is a phone.
All decent UMTS/3G phone should have 2 cameras or at least a dual purpose rotating camera :-) except for the darkside Charlie 3G phone which dun support support video call unless u use is desktop video accessories !!!
Yes, why god, why !!! why no memory stick !!! i understand the situation for K700 w/o memory stick as it is only VGA cam, but this is a UMTS/3G phone and no memory stick ??? Sony Ericsson please tell us why . . .
ofcourse is has 2 cameras,how do you thinks the 3G mobiles are working?:p the one on the front is for the visual talking,which is UMTS,the rear one is for taking photo.
a very classical design, looks like ipod product haha.. nice design
oH.. i just realised that it might have 2 camera.. from the picture if u can notice 1 on top of the phone.. the other at the back.. hm.. frustrating.. it only has 37mb of space.. zzZzz.. but it issnt too bad.. would be nice to extend more or a expanable mermory card
this phone looks so nice,i cant wait till it comes out in the shops in the uk,ive got the k500i but after lookin at this i want one NOW.please could you tell me when its coming to the uk and how much it is going to be.
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I love the new design for the K modles and it is also cool because of its 3G function
It is really a nice phone.......it is very perfect if the price is not too high also..
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A very attractive design. Also lovely & comfortable to hold in your palm.
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So the bill is settled – drunk people scare the shit out of me.
I don't know if its my supposed anxiety or that it just plain smells bad. Please, someone, do tell – what's that they call – the burn in your throat that supposedly sweetens into mortal elixir? Tell me again, like they do in the books. I haven't been convinced.
So when my roommate came back home (ever so briefly) tonight with her two slightly drunken friends, the inner alarms went off. What's wrong with me? Maybe I just have trust issues. What else is new, Duck. Or suppose the fact that I could not help recalling the most recent memory (which would be now 2 years ago) when I was last surrounded by any sort of semi or entirely retarded inebriated adults, I was surrounded by the feeling of sex.
Maybe I'm just afraid of sex. But that's a whole 'nother can of worms.
Well, so the story goes: they caught me. Ever so glamorously pulverized by my many excessive and pretentious pillows, struggling to operate a new scanner. With just the regular visit of a crime investigation down your pants and shower hair. Every woman knows how beautiful you feel then.
It wasn't so bad. There were no come ons. The perfectly nicely smelly drunk French boy/man came to sit beside me to at first aid with the scanner, while my roommate and her other half chatted playfully in the bedroom in French. I struggled a little bit with the perverse thought of them just going down at it right then and there. I think I read too much. We all do, hoping for the most ridiculous situation. Thankfully, my roommate is a 5 foot 2′ inches awesome drunkard that handles it like a 6 foot 2 man. But dear lord, I can hear him pee for the next 3 minutes and thought to myself when was the last time I had two practically complete strangers stand in my home at 1am in the morning? To which might I add, would be kindly discovered was not flushed properly. Although in this case I suppose one ought to focus on the positive – at least he tried.
Meanwhile back at the couch, the nicely smelly drunk French boy/man, whose name I have already forgotten struggled with his English and all I can think about is that, damn, now my pillows are going to smell. But how do you wash those that come with the cover as its first skin? Struggles.
I'm just ready to throw my glass of milk at him if he happens to throws a drunken kung fu punch my way. I don't know, drunk people are weird. That's right – my glass of righteously half drank milk that has been advised to be finished two days ago and is being drunk unhabitually and unsocialably by an almost 19 year old. God, I just love my life.
As it appears, after some more Frenchness, they decided to leave for the night. Who knows. Maybe anxiety is contagious.
Off they went – but not before the more drunk French man/boy with my roommate decided to slip his sweater back on in the living room and walk towards me to give me a European goodbye. Two awkward close encounters on both sides of my cheeks and we have survived the evening.
I hear my roommate brusquely tell him to be quiet and leave – all in French of course – I'm just supposing.
So first of all, why do I have a roommate – well the Duck just moved, again. But she'll brag shamelessly about how much she adores
herself and the new place next time. Not like you asked or anything. And second, why is she scanning stuff – for another opportunity to brag show love on Mother's Day by personally selecting and scanning roughly 800 photos to put on the digital picture frame purchased.
I've got 768 more photos to go, and I'm just staring at the ones that my parents took of Asian transvestites putting on a theatrical show. Damn, I feel ashamed to be a woman.


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Dear Diary, #1 - Hey, D.! This is P. So the bf's been seriously bitten by the travel bug. Now he has itchy feet. I've a few realizations regarding traveling, now that we're...
31 October 2015
Movie Review: Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!
I had no idea that Desmond Child's The Word is Love got an Oscar nomination. Oy vey! This romantic comedy is a mature variation on the adolescent coming out narrative with the urban New York Jewish cultural milieu as backdrop. The Jewish mother is Lainie Kazan so I knew I'd like it instantly although there is nothing deep about this movie. It could have been made for TV. Bruce Vilanch also plays her hilarious closet-gay married brother. Anyways, it has value as ethnographic self-reflection in relationship to the cultural context of heterosexist patriarchy and how that is articulated in different cultures.
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29 October 2015
Movie Review: Arizona Sky
The story was really good so the flaws could be overlooked especially since the writer, producer and director are all the same person. The plot is fairly straight forward. Kyle and Jake are best friends and like boyfriends really in Lake Havasu, Arizona where man-to-man relationships are frowned upon. Jake is moving with his father to urban California and they say there sad goodbyes. The movie fast forwards fifteen years where Jake is a movie producer whose life is full of stress and lacks love. He has something of a meltdown with flashbacks to his relationship with Kyle. Jake puts a pause on his life and returns to rural Arizona to find Kyle. (Spoiler alert, avert your eyes now.)
For someone that is fascinated by unrequited love stories, it seemed something far-fetched that two people could live their lives for fifteen years and have something missing in their life that is only found upon making contact again. I don't think I'm outside the norm when I say that it seems that fifteen years just seems to be too long a period for people to just pick up where they left off -- especially if that 15 years ago is at the age of 16, 17 or 18. I can see someone being separated from someone for 15 years but I can't imagine that separation to include no further contact for those 15 years. I'm impatient but I think there's something that requires living in a feudal context where information doesn't travel or travels so slowly.
Anyways, regardless of that, I still think its a great, made for TV type movie that would have been made decades ago in a less homophobic reality.
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Labels: adolescence, love, movie review, rural life, shadow, unrequited love, urban life
27 October 2015
Movie: Love or Whatever
This was another movie that I'm not entirely clear how I ended up watching it. I don't recall even reading a blurb about. However, it's just a simple romantic comedy that you'd see on late night weekend cable television, if the protagonist was heterosexual. Maybe they shows these types of movies on television these days?
Corey is a counselor or clinical psychologist -- either way the writing for this aspect of the character was horrible -- who is apparently "successful" and believes he has a bright future with his "boyfriend." He intends to propose to his boyfriend on their date night. His boyfriend freaks out and goes to a bar, picks up a woman and has sex with her. The boyfriend then breaks up with Corey who starts to show he has an intense need for control. The movie works nevertheless. It's light-hearted but has an understanding and studies a particular archetypal theme in modern (gay) relationships.
(David Page as Corey's flexisexual boyfriend)
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Labels: comedy, movie review, power complex, shadow, social networking, urban life
25 October 2015
Movie Review: Salvation Army
I'm not exactly sure how I ended up seeing this movie. The blurb that I had read that got me to order the film had indicated that a young man got out of his provincial backwater to go to college but finds his "freedom" to be more than he expected. That may have summarized two of the last five minutes of the movie -- of course, I guess the title refers to the last three minutes of movie anyways.
The bulk of the movie is a slow moving picture of a young man transitioning from child to man in provincial Morocco. He could have easily been a Pacific Islander or mountain tribe Southeast Asian -- although the customs may have been slightly different. He has sex with everyone and has an idol worship thing with his older brother that straddles incestuous. There's a lot of violence within the family household and a clear depiction of gender hierarchies. The movie is entirely based upon the directors previously published autobiographical novel.
(Abdellah Taïa playing himself in the streets of Geneva)
The novel caused something a stir in conservative Morocco although the movie, it is claimed, was widely watched. Only the very last part deals with him at the college/adult age in Geneva.
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Labels: abuse, adolescence, biography, colonialism, conservatives, francophone, gender, Global South, introversion, Islam, Morocco, movie review, obsession, rural life, sexuality, violence
23 October 2015
Book Review: American Sex Machines
I have known a few scholars who research patent filings to come up with some very interesting theories about modern life. But having never read any final products, it was always small talk among scholars. This book, while not written by an academic, is a great history of sex in America through the review of patent applications.
The most interesting chapter had to do with abortion devices and how recent America's war on abortion and its origins in a discourse other than morality. Like everywhere in the world where abortion is not safe and legal, American women were dying left and right due to the total lack of regulation in abortion practice. Women were sprayed with toxic poisons or mutilated causing death by bleeding. Then it appeared, that pessaries became the device within which mainstream society allowed the need for abortions to be satisfied. However, the president of a medical society decried the abundance of pessaries:
Pessaries, I supposed, are sometimes useful, but there are more than there is any necessity for. I do think that this filling the vagina with such traps, making a Chinese toy-shop of it, is outrageous... if there were few pessaries there would be fewer abortions.
I was not aware that there was a market for "anti-rape" devices. These devices range in style but most of them have the same purpose which is to eject a sharp object into the penis of a rapist -- some of these sharp objects are small and some of them are large.
While I was uncomfortable with the recounting of silicone and breast augmentation devices, it was the penile implant devices that I found to be most extreme. I was not keenly aware of the extend of the erectile dysfunction industry which apparently includes surgically inserting things into the penis.
The version I read was a 280 page paper published by Adams Media Corp on March 1996. ISBN: 1558505342. Lowest price seems to be abebooks.com and amazon.com
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21 October 2015
Movie Review: Beira Mar (Seashore)
When I finished the movie, I wasn't sure precisely what the plot was. I then went online to see if I could get some kind of plot summary to clarify matters. Sadly, I discovered that there was no plot to this movie. Loosely centered around a journey that one of the boys takes on behalf of his father for some purpose (immigration documents or something), this is snapshot of a summer of two 18 year old boys having a summer. I wonder if this could even properly be considered an LGBT movie really. But perhaps we are coming to a point now where LGBT becomes an empty, universal category that refers to everything and yet nothing. Seashore, how 18 year olds lived life one summer, a few years ago, somewhere in Brazil.
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19 October 2015
Movie Review: Urbania
I recall when this movie came out the first time, it was marketed as a movie about "urban legends." I had no idea that the central character was gay or that the underlying story was gay tragedy and redemption. The story centers around Charlie, played by Dan Futterman, navigating through the city encountering experiences and stories of urban legends. His existence seems to be random at first but slowly a meta-narrative takes shape out of the chaos. Charlie is or was in a relationship with Chris. He is now looking for a neighborhood tambay that he has seen throughout the film in various scenes. And it is the story of Charlie, Chris and this tambay for which the entire story is told. Told 15 years ago, violence against same-sex couples in the urban America seem to be a historical footnote. Yet, 15 years ago, such violence was still a central aspect of "gay" life in urban America.
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Kris Jenner Defends Kim Kardashian's Baby Name Choice
"It's North West but you don't walk around calling somebody, 'Hi North West!' It's just North," [Kris] Jenner replied." - RealityTVWorld
Kris Jenner defended her granddaughter's name North West by explaining Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's reasoning behind the directional moniker. She said that North means highest power, and Kim and Kanye consider the baby their highest point together, so it works.
I'm sorry, but I'm going to respectfully disagree. Much like Suri doesn't actually mean Princess, as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes claimed, North does not mean highest power. It means, well, up! Per TheFreeDictionary, North does mean "The cardinal point on the mariner's compass located at 0°", so yes, North does mean highest something, but definitely not in the way that the West / Kardashian clan is swinging it.
As for not calling North by her full name, North West, it's probably for the best...but don't play it like you'd be shocked if people call her that. Much like "Kim Kardashian" is a brand name, North West was planned the same way, as was Beyonce's name choice of Blue Ivy. And while I'm not a huge fan of that name either, at least Beyonce had the sense to not name her kid as a phrase...like Hotel Carter or something.
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Actress Amanda Bynes has re-enrolled at a fashion design school in California after she was kicked out last year (14), according to a report.
The Hairspray star joined the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Orange County in 2013, but she was reportedly expelled last year for cutting classes.
She was hospitalised and detained on an involuntary psychiatric hold in October, 2014 due to her erratic behaviour, just weeks after an arrest for driving under the influence of drugs. She remained in hospital for almost three weeks, and her parents were granted control of her finances.
Amanda left the public eye and quit her social media accounts, but returned earlier this year (15) appearing happy and healthy.
She previously said on Twitter.com that she had considered transferring to other universities last year (14), but the former child actress is now giving FIDM another go.
She began taking sketch classes for a fashion design course last week (ends11Oct15), according to TMZ.com, and reportedly has a security guard with her on campus.
Amanda was not prosecuted for the DUI arrest.


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Marisa Calderon
Executive Director
Marisa Calderon is executive director of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP). She is an 18 year veteran of the financial services and housing industry.
Ms. Calderon takes a direct role in the association's conference and event planning efforts, including NAHREP's Housing Policy and Hispanic Lending Conference in Washington, D.C. and the association's marquee event, the National Convention and Latin Music Festival.
She has prior advocacy and leadership experience as a chairman of the board of the California Wilderness Coalition where she engaged in grassroots efforts, and leveraged relationships with Congressional offices.
Ms. Calderon serves on the Fannie Mae Affordable Housing Advisory Council, Advisory board of Banc of California, on the board of directors of the Hispanic Wealth Project and is co-author of the association's annual publication, The State of Hispanic Homeownership. She speaks at conferences and events regarding NAHREP's advocacy efforts, policy positions and on general Hispanic housing trends.
Ms. Calderon is a graduate of University of California at Berkeley with a bachelor of arts in anthropology.


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Beautiful Clock Towers That Stand the Test of Time
Telling time around the world
Turning back the hands of time is a bit trickier when the minute hand measures over 14 feet long and is suspended nearly 300 feet in the air, as is the case for London's iconic Big Ben. While historic clock towers are less and less relied upon for telling time (thanks to wearable timepieces and modern technology, ahem, smartphones), they still know how to draw a crowd and continue to function as notable landmarks and architectural splendors all around the world. From the towering heights of Big Ben to the intricate detailing of Prague's Astronomical clock, here are 10 of the world's most interesting, iconic, and visually stunning clock towers.
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Paul Kenward
Centenary Clock
Lier, Belgium
Big Ben
London, United Kingdom
Astronomical Clock
Prague, Czech Republic
Ferry Building Clock Tower
San Francisco, California
St. Mark's Clock Tower
Venice, Italy
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DUMBO Clock Tower
Brooklyn, New York
Anker Clock
Vienna, Austria
Munich, Germany
Kremlin Clock
Moscow, Russia
Mekkah Royal Hotel clock
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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Statement From The Cranberries
We would like to thank all of you for your ongoing support and to take this opportunity to update you on recent developments.
In 2017 we had begun to work on a new album of songs with Dolores. Working with our producer Stephen Street, we have recently completed the album and it is expected to be released in early 2019.
Late last year The Cranberries decided to compile a very special box set edition of our debut album 'Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We?' The box set will feature many rare versions of Cranberries songs, demos, radio broadcasts, concert recordings as well as unseen band photographs and a long essay about The Cranberries early years. The box set will be released later this year.
Since Dolores's untimely passing in January we have been inundated with requests for media interviews and requests to take part in numerous commemorative projects. Neither The Cranberries nor the O'Riordan family are in a position to respond to these requests or partake in any interviews or other projects. We would ask that you respect our wishes for privacy at this difficult time.
The Cranberries
New acoustic versions of our classic hits with three new songs,
all featuring a string quartet from the Irish Chamber Orchestra
Out Now
In the autumn of 2013, as her hometown of Limerick was preparing to open its tenure as Irish City of Culture in 2014, The Cranberries singer-songwriter Dolores O'Riordan was approached by the city to play a special gig on New Year's Eve. She would perform with a quartet from the Irish Chamber Orchestra, playing four songs from her starred back catalogue – three Cranberries, one solo – on a stage erected outside city hall. 'It was a beautiful night,' she recalls.
At that moment, singing songs that have endured a generation, she realised an anniversary was coming up. The following year, 2015, was to mark 25 years since the beginning of The Cranberries, the Irish band that would dominate a particular corner of the 90s.
Touched by the orchestral re-evaluation of a selection of her greatest hits and with the anniversary clock ticking in the back of her mind, the idea of an acoustic, orchestral rendering of the greatest moments from the Cranberries first four records began to ferment.
Over two weeks at the University of Limerick last year, at the home of the Irish Chamber Orchestra, the band revisited old times in new clothes dusting away any cobwebs with strings. As the record began to take full shape, three new songs were added.
It's testament to Dolores and Noel's song-writing prowess that the new additions to the Cranberries cannon sit seamlessly next to the old – to Zombie, Dreams, Ridiculous Thoughts and Ode to my Family – all accompanied by sumptuous new string arrangements, drawn from richly fertilised Irish soil, distilled in a grand temple of academia.
1. Linger
2. The Glory
3. Dreams
4. When You're Gone
5. Zombie
6. Ridiculous Thoughts
7. Rupture
8. Ode to My Family
9. Free to Decide
10. Just My Imagination
11. Animal Instinct
12. You & Me
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The Handheld Stock Recorder is used as a datalogger for capturing data on the farm. It is usually supplied with an integrated reader and has Bluetooth capability for linking to other readers, weighing systems and an automatic drafting crate. The Stock Recorder with integrated reader provides the user with not only a handheld reader, but also an extremely versatile and easy-to-use handheld computer to record and view stock information out in the field. The Stock Recorder can be supplied without the internal reader, but with a stick reader if a longer reach is required. This can be especially useful with cattle or bolused sheep.
It has a touch screen and the alphanumeric keypad can be used to type in tag numbers or management tag numbers if no EID is present. Notes can be recorded against individual animals and these can be prompted to appear the next time the animal is handled. They will be transmitted to FarmWorks by SDL as well as added automatically to the animal's individual records.
This reader is fully compatible with the ISO standards 11784 and 11785 and reads both HDX and FDX-B transponders (electronic ear tags, boluses and implants). It has a read range of 20 cm.
Its use ensures that data is captured easily and for those wishing to read transponders using a handheld reader it allows information to be collected using only one hand. It is especially useful when recording births or one off events such as movements and treatments when it is impractical to pass the animal through a race to read it with the Race Reader. A hand strap can be fitted to the Stock Recorder to minimise the risk of the unit being dropped accidentally.
The handheld has a large memory capacity and can hold up to 500,000 animals. This allows additional information to be viewed readily, such as progeny, weight history, movement history, treatment history and more.
The Stock Recorder allows multiple records to be recorded without the need for uploading and downloading to save space. The unit can record information on farm such as calving/lambing, treatments, TB testing, tupping/service, pregnancy scanning, movements and weights (everyday weighing, 8-week, 21-week and wean weights). The last three weights and dates weighed will also be displayed. It can be used to draft animals either automatically using an auto draft crate or manually using existing manual set ups. The screen identifies which way the animal should be parted by an arrow on screen and by a voice command that can also be sent by Bluetooth to headphones.
This information can be downloaded onto FarmWorks by Shearwell Data to produce full management reports that will help to identify the most productive animals.
Creating a link at birth (or shortly after) between the dam and the progeny is important for both the pedigree and commercial farmer. Those who performance-record have accurate records to export for analysis. Commercial farmers and pedigree breeders can build up a picture of animals that are performing well or otherwise – for example those that have had a single lamb for two or three years running and those that have two or more. This information can be used to help select replacements and to cull unproductive stock. Lambing and calving traits can be recorded at birth to identify mothering ability, milk at birth, lambing/calving ease and lamb/calf vigour.
Health traits can be identified easily and used to help select replacement lambs / calves for breeding. Recording a health problem on the Handheld that may be hereditary will allow FarmWorks to find progeny from dams and sires which have problems. These calves and lambs can then be identified on the handheld.
FarmWorks by Shearwell Data has a cattle module, an individual sheep module and a flock module and caters for pedigree farmers, commercial breeders and finishers.
Recording weights using EID reduces time and provides a fast accurate method of capturing this information. Using Bluetooth wireless communications, the weigh head will send weight information to the Handheld Stock Recorder which will display the current weight and the last four weights on screen. The full weight history of the animal can be viewed in its individual records on the Handheld or FarmWorks.
Holding registers, AML1s and Movement books are automatically completed within FarmWorks on upload from the Handheld.
The Handheld Stock Recorder is an invaluable tool to assist with the management of livestock for day to day management, for the breeding selection purposes and for recording statutory information.


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I visited Liwa this weekend. It definitely wasn't the best weekend to go and I actually suspected so before I drove down there but I'd be charged for the hotel room whether I showed up or not so I naturally went and hoped the weather would improve. The problem was that there was a pretty big sandstorm which made driving not so easy and visibility very limited in parts. However I did see enough to confirm that it definitely is an area worth visiting again, the roads were very quiet (most people were probably smart enough not to be driving on them!), and the hotel room was very inexpensive.
On the way to Liwa I stopped by the Emirates National Auto Museum Auto Museum, also known as the Rainbow Sheikh's Museum, but it wasn't open. I decided to take a different highway on the way back so I don't know if it was open then.
Initially the desert was pretty boring but it gradually became more interesting. There were a lot of small parking areas along the highway so it was easy to stop and take pictures. However, it was also very windy which was not so fun. Along with being a desert the area is also an oasis. Still while I saw the dates I was expecting, I also saw bales of hay! This was a pretty big surprise to me.
There were not any washrooms along the way so by the time I arrived at a gas station I was pretty desperate to pee! The hotel was easy to find and pretty nice. I'd heard mixed reviews of it but the room was nice and large and the balcony was enormous. The building is a former palace. Normally there would be nice views from here but not yesterday.
Later in the afternoon the weather cleared somewhat so I decided I would drive to Moreeb Dune, a huge dune which is 287 metres high. I was literally the only vehicle on that road. I almost made it there but the road became impassable, for a regular car at least, just before I reached there.
Things had cleared up a fair bit this morning but they were still not great. There was at least a view, though a dusty one, from my room!
However, I figured all the sand would still be on the road to Moreeb Dune. So instead I decided to head back home a little earlier than I'd planned. I took a different, less scenic, highway back and at times one of the lanes was covered by sand. So I think I made the right decision. I drove through Madinat Zayed and while there isn't a lot there, there was more than I had expected. For example, they have a public garden. While my weekend wasn't what I had originally planned, I did see some things and the blowing sand can be interesting to watch.


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Platform to bring the tools once only available to hedge fund clients to all investors.
Registered investment advisers (RIAs) and institutions manage over $60 trillion, or 90% of the wealth in America. Yet, most advisors don't have an effective way to manage risk. Cassia has launched COPILOT, a new online Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that allows advisors to effectively and efficiently monitor risk in real time and hedge or exploit market volatility for their clients.
As made famous by Buffett, rule #1 of investing: never lose money. Rule #2: never forget rule #1. COPILOT is created to help advisors effectively demonstrate to clients how they will not lose them money, and in turn, how they will make them money. Highly sophisticated algorithms available to top hedge funds can greatly benefit independent advisors. Advisors can build a multi-factor or risk targeted portfolio, and print out a proposal directly on the COPILOT platform.
COPILOT is streamlining the risk management process and allowing advisors to seamlessly sign up new clients while creating the right portfolio every time. With risk forecasting, targeting and volatility positioning, advisors have high level information at their fingertips around the clock so they can work faster, better and smarter.
A gap in the market
COPILOT solves real pressure points for advisors. Advisors need an easy way to build a portfolio and assign multiple accounts or clients to the models that they create. Before COPILOT, advisors had no efficient means of doing this, nor did the market have anything to guide them in terms of lowering risks on multiple assets and asset classes. COPILOT provides both. Located on the cloud, COPILOT allows advisors to login from anywhere, anytime and access powerful tools to build portfolios, backtest, and manage hundreds of clients seamlessly.
"Our aim is to make financial advisors more independent, says Henry Bee, CEO of Cassia." We have noticed that many larger broker-dealers are starting to part ways with advisors who bring in less than $750,000 in revenue per year, putting pressure on advisors to focus on high net worth clients. We're about solving the asymmetry of information between the producer and the consumer, and democratizing sophisticated technology that, until now, have only been used by top hedge funds."
Why now?
The industry is shifting and advisors need to be proactive to stay relevant to their clients. From 2005 to 2011 the independent Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) industry grew by more than 40% while traditional wirehouses only grew by 5%. Subsequently, almost three-quarters of existing clients followed advisors who moved to an independent RIA firm as regulatory changes moved advisors from a commission structure to a fee based structure. Charging a fee for services aligns the advisors' interest with the client's because the more efficient an advisor is and the less cost he pays, the more fee he keeps and the higher return to the client. This is expected to drive huge demand for software, like COPILOT.
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Launching in December 2016, Cassia already has more than a dozen firms using their platform. Originally launching in the US and Canada, Cassia has plans to expand into China within the year.


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Urbane on Lexington
Urbane on Lexington
3905 Crooks Rd. Royal Oak, MI 48073
NEIGHBORHOOD: Royal Oak
- Hours: MON-THURS: 9AM - 8PM
- Phone: 248-988-7125
- Fax: 248-232-6123
- Bedrooms: 1
Tags: royal oak apartments, urbane on lexington, urbane on lexington apartments
Located just north of downtown Royal Oak, Urbane on Lexington is the new cool in Royal Oak and features an expansive common area for relaxation and contemplation.
Residents are near the action, nightlife and community of downtown Berkley, Birmingham, Clawson, and Royal Oak, areas abundant with intimate cafes, fine restaurants, pubs and clubs, and a wide variety of retail shops and salons. Spectacular shopping at the Somerset Collection is just a few minutes away, and downtown Detroit is only a 20-minute drive.
Those desiring to escape the hullabaloo for a bit can steal away to one of several nearby parks, catch a movie at the Main Art Theatre, or walk over to the Detroit Zoo. Liven your evening with salsa lessons at Sangria, just around the corner, and chill out with drinks and friends at one of the many venues with outdoor patios in the area. The area simply hums with an energetic, new urban vibe.
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